Biography
I am the Curator of the Australian National Herbarium (ANH) at the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research in Canberra. I started work at the ANH in 1992, working with Lyn Craven on a revision of the genus Melaleuca. From 1995 to 1998, I worked as a botanist with the Western Australian Herbarium in Perth, focusing primarily on resolving taxonomic problems relating to rare and threatened flora. In late 1998 I returned to the Australian National Herbarium, taking on the role of Curator in 2002. Along with managing the collections of the ANH, I am also responsible (with my colleague Anna Monro) for the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC). Research interests include the taxonomy of the genus Melaleuca, Australian Santalaceae, Goodeniaceae (especially Dampiera), local floristics, and the introduced flora.